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Leeds Secures Renewed MOAP Partnership to Advance Weather and Climate Research

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The University of Leeds’ membership of the prestigious Met Office Academic Partnership (MOAP) has been renewed, as part of the new Science Delivery Framework. Leeds remains one of eight university partners selected nationally for this new phase, following a highly competitive process.  Leeds is a founding member of MOAP, established in 2010, and this renewal marks the...

New Open-Access Book Showcases Next-Generation Thinking on Climate Futures

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A new open-access book, developed through the Priestley Climate Scholars programme at the University of Leeds, brings together diverse perspectives on one of society's greatest challenges: how to build fairer and more sustainable climate futures. Climate Futures Across Disciplines: A Next Generation Approach, co-edited by Professor Richard Beardsworth, Professor Viktoria Spaiser and Susan Ann Samuel,...

Santa Marta and the future of climate leadership

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Professor Richard Beardsworth, Principal Fellow of the Priestley Centre, has written an article in the July edition of Open Access Government, a publication for government ministers, senior civil servants, and public sector procurement and policy professionals across the UK and Europe. The article examines what initiatives such as the Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels (TAFF)...

Celebrating 10 years of the Priestley Centre

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On 30 June, the Priestley Centre for Climate Futures marked its 10th anniversary, bringing together colleagues, partners, and friends from across the University of Leeds and beyond to celebrate a decade of climate research, collaboration, and impact.  The Priestley Centre was founded in June 2016, with an aim to bring together climate experts from across the University of Leeds to work...

Priestley Centre marks 10 years with prizes celebrating collaboration and impact

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  On 30 June, the Priestley Centre for Climate Futures marked its 10th anniversary by celebrating outstanding contributions to climate research and impact, awarding two prestigious prizes that reflect the Centre’s core values of collaboration, excellence and real-world change.  The awards underscored the breadth of work supported by the Priestley Centre over the past decade - from early-career...